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THE MAROON TIGER
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"Duck” Davis once again found his shooting eye and
brought back memories of last year as time and time again
he proved to be a thorn in the side of the visiting quintet.
He was high point man for the night with an even dozen
markers. His accuracy in shooting was only surpassed
by his fleet-footed, scintillating floor play. "Franken-
stein” Green was runner-up with 10 points. Other lumi
naries for the home boys included Oslin, Archer, Ham
ilton and Haynes.
The second half of the conflict proved to be much
faster than the initial one and the crowd was kept in an
uproar. Time had to be called on several occasions to
clear the floor of the enthusiastic on-lookers.
The victory by Morehouse placed her one up in the
series of three games played by these teams so far and gave
her a working margin with which to enter the final game
with her ancient rivals. Tuskegee won the final game,
however, to the tune of 34-18.
Summary:
Morehouse (26)
Positions
Tuskegee (25
Davis (12)
RF
Brown (2)
Baugh (2)
LF
Williams (4)
Oslin (6)
C
Green (10)
Haynes (1)
. ___ RF
Mackey (1)
Hamilton (1)
LG _ .
Adams (4)
Substitutions: Morehouse—Archer (4); Tuskegee—
Thompson, Robertson (2), Martin (2).
Referee, O. G. Walker (Lincoln).
TIGERS NOSE OUT HORNETS, 32-31
Accurate shooting proved to be the deciding factor in
a contest which pitied the Maroon Tigers against one of
the most smoothly clicking aggregations in 41 ^-'xie when
the Maroon Tigers eked out a 32-31 victory over the
’Bama State Hornets in the Morehouse gym on Tuesday,
February 13. The fact that the Morehouse entry is
practically unbeaten when playing at home is easily veri
fied by this fact as well as by glancing over the results
of the previous contests here.
From start to finish it was a tight affair with More
house holding the lead for most of the contest. Only
twice did the Hornets have the lead and only for a short
time then. In the second half they brought a ray of
hope to the followers when for a few minutes they held
a 2 point advantage, and late in the waning moments of
the fracas they led 31-30.
"Duck” Davis, diminutive Maroon forward, whose
scintillating play featured the battle, walked away with
scoring honors, tallying 11 markers by virtue of four
double-deckers and three gratis tosses. He was closely
pursued by Oslin and Johnson with 10 points each.
Pivot and block plays by both teams did little good as
both put up strong defenses. As a result many long
and freakish shots were employed and mar"- "-ore made
to the great enjoyment of the spectators. Of particular
note were two overhanded, fade-away twin-pointers by
Oslin from a position almost out-of-bounds just to the side
of the basket. The “Duck” also cashed in an a couple
of his favorite “freaks,” one of which was a left-handed
overhead toss that all but clinched victory. The defensive
play of the Maroon and White Jersied contestants was
built around the elongated veteran, “Josh” Archer. His
work at taking the ball from the back-board and intercept
ing passes w-as superb.
Sriefs
The summary:
Morehouse (32)
Positions
Alabama (31)
Davis (11)
RF
Johnson (10)
Oslin (10)
LF
Parker (4)
Archer (5)
. __ C
Rowley (9)
Hamilton
RG _ .
Scrivens
Haynes (5)
LG __
Beard (8)
Substitutions: Morehouse—Baugh, McCurine (1);
Alabama—Martin.
Referee, O. G. Walker (Lincoln).
SENIORS CAPTURE ANNUAL TILT WITH
ALUMNI IN EXTRA PERIOD, 36-34
The Morehouse Seniors, led by “Josh” Archer, took
the Morehouse Alumni into camp on Monday, February
19, in the Morehouse gym to the tune of 36-34. The
game climaxed the Founder’s Day activities.
In all fairness to the Alumni it must be stated that
they were without the services of "Big Boy” Hubert and
Mr. Walter Chivers, two stellar defensive men, the former
having been declared ineligible for participation in ama
teur battles and professional engagements, and the latter
having been forced to leave town just as he w'as about
to don his togs. Luckily also for the candidates for gradu
ation Dr. Nabrit was attempting to determine whether
the basketball belonged to phylum Terebratulinasepten-
trionalis or whether its Strongylocentrotusdroebachiensis
was symmetrical with its Polygordiiesappendiculatus, and
therefore couldn’t be available for duty in the conflict.
The starting line-up for the Alumni included such
luminaries as Alvin Reid, bursar of Atlanta University,
who halted the game on several occasions to ask the offi
cials if they were straight with the Administration. Coach
Ellis, tutor of the women’s team of Atlanta University,
must undoubtedly have been under the impression that
the feminine regulations were being employed because he
remained at one end of the court throughout the fracas.
President Archer had to wield his authority in the
waning moments of the game as his two little boys,
“Hank” and “Josh,” began to get naughty. The “Pres.”
almost had to resort to spanking tactics to quiet the situ
ation.
In all seriousness, the game was closely contested
throughout, with the Seniors leading most of the way.
The score at the half stood 17-13 in their favor. After
the intermission the going became tough and the outcome
became very doubtful. “Duck” Davis and “Josh” Archer,
the most outstanding players for the Seniors, fouled out,
and “Rip” Maise made his only basket of the afternoon
to tie the count at 3 3-all at the end of the regulation
playing time. In the extra period “Lighting” Curry shot
a beautiful double-decker to clinch victory.
The summary:
Seniors (36) Position Alumni (34)
Davis (12) F Reed
Chenault (5) F Ellis (4)
L. Archer (2) C H. Archer
Hamilton (7) G Clark (8)
Kelley (2) G Mapp (7)
Substitutions: Seniors—L. Curry (6), A. Curry (2).
Alumni—Forbes (13), Maise (2).
Referee—M. M. Jones.